The Greatest Arthurian Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
286 The Once and Future King T. H. White 1958 British English
297 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
548 Le Morte d'Arthur Thomas Malory 1485 British Middle english
707 Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson 1830 British English
712 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
810 Amadis of Gaul Garci R. de Montalvo 1508 Spanish Spanish
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1186 Tristan Gottfried von Strassburg 1210 German Middle high german
1284 The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590 British English
1291 Parzival Wolfram Eschenbach 1200 German Middle high german
1380 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
1395 The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley 1983 American English
1493 Charles And Elegast Unknown 1250 Dutch Middle dutch
1628 Romance Of Walewein Penninc, Pieter Vostaert 1260 Dutch Middle dutch
2123 The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart 1970 British English
2472 The Grey King Susan Cooper 1975 British English
2718 Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Unknown 1400 British Middle english
2746 Erec And Enide Chrétien de Troyes 1160 French Old french
2966 In A Dark Wood Wandering Hella S. Haasse 1949 Dutch Dutch
3048 Three Hearts And Three Lions Poul Anderson 1953 American English
3878 The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart 1973 British English
4480 Perceval, Or The Story Of The Grail Chrétien de Troyes 1181 French Old french
4795 Yvain Chrétien de Troyes 1177 French Old french
4836 The Silver Stallion James Branch Cabell 1926 American English
4944 The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro 2015 British English
5441 The Pendragon Legend Antal Szerb 1934 Hungarian Hungarian
5501 Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper 1965 British English
5651 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart 1979 British English
5949 The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6078 The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay 1986 Canadian English
6077 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6330 The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez 1965 Argentinian Spanish
6571 Silver On The Tree Susan Cooper 1977 British English
6877 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 1975 British English
6948 King Arthur's Daughter Vera Chapman 1976 British English
6948 The King's Damosel Vera Chapman 1976 British English
7042 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage 2007 British Middle english
8524 Histories Of The Kings Of Britain Geoffrey of Monmouth 1911 British Latin
8751 The Leper Of Saint Giles Ellis Peters 1981 British English
10246 King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table Roger Lancelyn Green 1953 British English
10419 The Bright Sword Lev Grossman 2024 American English
11547 Idyls Of The King Alfred Tennyson 1859 British English
13010 L'enchanteur René Barjavel 1984 French French
13362 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper 1965 British English
14122 Lais Of Marie De France Marie de France 2010 French Anglo-norman
14196 The Mabinogion Unknown 1400 Multiple Middle welsh
15832 The Ill Made Knight T.H. White 1940 British English
15916 The Lady Of The Lake Sir Walter Scott 1810 Scottish English
16588 Arthurian Romances Chrétien de Troyes 1180 French Old french
16573 The Arthurian Vulgate anonymous 1210 French Old french
17163 The Winter King Bernard Cornwell 1995 British English
17163 The Right Of Cerdic Alfred Duggan 1965 British English
17163 The Wicked Day Mary Stewart 1983 British English
17163 The Prince And The Pilgrim Mary Stewart 1995 British English
17163 The Sword Of Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff 1963 British English
17163 The Singing Sword Jack Whyte 1994 Canadian English
17163 The Road To Avalon Joan Wolf 1988 American English
17163 White Boar Marian Palmer 1988 Unknown English